2016 U.S. Open (golf) explained

2016 U.S. Open
Dates:June 16–19, 2016
Location:Oakmont, Pennsylvania
Course:Oakmont Country Club
Org:USGA
Tour:PGA Tour
European Tour
Japan Golf Tour
Par:70
Field:156 players, 67 after cut
Cut:146 (+6)
Purse:$10,000,000
€8,866,033
Winners Share:$1,800,000
€1,595,886
Champion: Dustin Johnson
Score:276 (−4)
Previous:2015
Next:2017

The 2016 United States Open Championship was the 116th U.S. Open, held June 16–19 at Oakmont Country Club in Oakmont and Plum, Pennsylvania, suburbs northeast of Pittsburgh.[1] Dustin Johnson won his first major championship.

Play was delayed on the first day due to heavy rainfall, forcing most of the field to play half a round behind schedule. Andrew Landry was a surprise leader after the first round before Johnson led the field in the second. Shane Lowry carded a 65 in the third round to take the overall lead into the final round. Despite a controversial penalty on the 5th green, Johnson took the title three strokes ahead of runners-up Lowry, Jim Furyk and Scott Piercy.

Venue

This was the ninth U.S. Open at Oakmont and its twelfth major championship.

Course layout

See main article: article and Oakmont Country Club.

Hole123456789Out101112131415161718InTotal
Yards4823404266093821944792884773,6774623796671833585002313134843,5777,254
Par444543434354453443443570
Source:[2]

Lengths of the course for previous major championships:

Through 1994, the 9th hole was a par 5; before 1962, the 1st hole was also a par 5.

2016 yardages by round
RoundHole123456789Out101112131415161718InTotal
Par444543434354453443443570
1Yards4813534296153902064882584823,7024423906841913315192343074843,5827,284
2Yards4913374326193841854832814683,6804663796171643555032253184723,4997,179
3Yards4823514206003931984772474873,6554323786741643684812272954963,5157,170
4Yards4853204336113731974902994883,6964723736181833684792393124893,5337,229

Source:[2] [3]

Field

About half the field consisted of players who were exempt from qualifying for the U.S. Open. Each player is classified according to the first category in which he qualified, and other categories are shown in parentheses.[4]

1. Winners of the U.S. Open Championship during the last ten years

2. Winner and runner-up of the 2015 U.S. Amateur Championship

3. Winner of the 2015 Amateur Championship

4. Winner of the 2015 Mark H. McCormack Medal (men's World Amateur Golf Ranking)

5. Winners of the Masters Tournament during the last five years

6. Winners of The Open Championship during the last five years

7. Winners of the PGA Championship during the last five years

8. Winners of The Players Championship during the last three years

9. Winner of the 2016 European Tour BMW PGA Championship

10. Winner of the 2015 U.S. Senior Open Championship

11. The 10 lowest scorers and anyone tying for 10th place at the 2015 U.S. Open Championship

12. Players who qualified for the season-ending 2015 Tour Championship

13. The top 60 point leaders and ties as of May 23, 2016 in the Official World Golf Ranking

14. The top 60 point leaders and ties as of June 13, 2016 in the Official World Golf Ranking

15. Special exemptions given by the USGA

The remaining contestants earned their places through sectional qualifiers.[9]

Alternates who gained entry:

(a) denotes amateur
(L) denotes player advanced through local qualifying

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, June 16, 2016

Play was suspended three times during the morning wave of players, all for dangerous weather conditions. At 4:40 pm EDT, play was called for the day with the second wave of players yet to tee off.[11] Only three groups, nine players, finished their first rounds.[12] Andrew Landry, who was ranked 624th in the world and had to go through local and sectional qualifiers, was the leader at 3 under par, with a birdie putt on his last hole, hole 9. Amateur Scottie Scheffler was the leader in the clubhouse at 1 under par.[13]

PlacePlayerScore/HoleTo par
1 17* −3
align=center rowspan=2T2 14 −2
13
align=center rowspan=4T4 Scottie Scheffler (a) 69 −1
16*
13*
12*
*Started on hole 10

Friday, June 17, 2016

After more rain overnight, nearly three inches (7.5 cm) total since Wednesday, play resumed at 7:30 am under mostly sunny skies and the round was completed shortly after 3 pm. Landry, the overnight leader, had a cushy end to his round: he only brought his putter to the course, to which he sank his birdie putt to lead at 4-under par. He would not play another hole for the rest of the day (see round 2).

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
1 66 −4
align=center rowspan=2T2 67 −3
Lee Westwood
align=center rowspan=3T4 68 −2
align=center rowspan=5T7 69 −1
Scottie Scheffler (a)
Henrik Stenson
Kevin Streelman
Bubba Watson

Second round

Friday, June 17, 2016

Play was suspended due to darkness at 8:43 pm with 27 players of the first wave still on the course and the second wave of players yet to tee off. Dustin Johnson completed his round and was tied for the lead with Andrew Landry, who had not started his second round yet, at 4 under par.

PlacePlayerScoreTo Par
T1 66* −4
67-69=136
3 67* −3
T4 68* −2
68-70=138
68-70=138
*Completed their second round on Saturday (had not yet started second round)

Saturday, June 18, 2016

The 27 members of the first wave resumed their rounds and the second wave began theirs at 7 am. The second round was completed after 2 pm; 67 players made the cut at 146 (+6) or better.

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
1 67-69=136 −4
2 66-71=137 −3
T3 71-67=138 −2
68-70=138
68-70=138
68-70=138
T7 71-68=139 −1
71-68=139
74-65=139
67-72=139

Amateurs: Rahm (+5), Scheffler (+7), Suh (+8), Burns (+9), Horsfield (+9), Hardy (+10), Mueller (+10), Crawford (+12), Bard (+15), Danielson (+19), Stachler (+24)

Third round

Saturday, June 18, 2016

The round began at 3 pm, on split tees in groupings of three; the final grouping of Dustin Johnson, Andrew Landry, and Scott Piercy teed off at 5:01 pm and completed 13 holes. Play was suspended due to darkness at 8:49 pm with Shane Lowry as the overnight leader at 5 under par, through 14 holes.

PlacePlayerTo ParScoreHole
1 68-70=138 −5 14
2 66-71=137 −3 13
T3 68-70=138 −2 14
67-69=136 13
67-72=139 15
6 73-70-66=209 −1 F

Sunday, June 19, 2016

Play resumed at 7 am and Shane Lowry birdied 15 and 17 for a round of 65 (−5) to extend his lead to four strokes. Andrew Landry bogeyed 14 and 15, but birdied 17 and 18 to move into the final pairing. Daniel Summerhays birdied 15 and eagled 17 to climb into a tie for fourth. After 54 holes, the top eight players on the leaderboard were all seeking their first major title.

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
1 68-70-65=203 −7
T2 66-71-70=207 −3
67-69-71=207
T4 74-65-69=208 −2
67-72-69=208
6 73-70-66=209 −1
T7 68-70-72=210 E
68-70-72=210
T9 76-69-66=211 +1
71-70-70=211
71-69-71=211

Final round

Sunday, June 19, 2016

Summary

Play in the final round began at 10 am, in pairs from the first hole, with the final pair of Shane Lowry and Andrew Landry starting at 3:30 pm. Dustin Johnson shot a 69 and won his first major, three shots ahead of three runners-up.[14] After finishing at five under par, Johnson was penalized a shot as he was judged to have made his ball move as he addressed it on the fifth green, despite being initially absolved of wrongdoing. His score was amended to four under par, but he still finished three strokes ahead. The top four of the leaderboard were the only ones left under par.[15] [16]

Final leaderboard

Champion
Silver Cup winner (leading amateur)
(a) = amateur
(c) = past champion
PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney ($)
1 Dustin Johnson 67-69-71-69=276 −4 1,800,000
T2 Jim Furyk (c) 71-68-74-66=279 −1 745,270
68-70-65-76=279
68-70-72-69=279
T5 68-70-72-70=280 E 374,395
73-70-66-71=280
7 75-68-69-69=281 +1 313,349
T8 76-69-66-71=282 +2 247,806
73-71-68-70=282
71-69-71-71=282
74-65-69-74=282

Source:[17]

Scorecard

Final round

Hole1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 101112131415161718
Par444543434445344344
D. Johnson −3 −4 −4 −4 −3 −3 −3 −3 −4 −4 −4 −4 −4 −3 −3 −3 −3 −4
Furyk +2 +2 +2 +2 +1 +1 E E E E −1 −1 −1 −1 −1 −1 −2 −1
Lowry −7 −6 −6 −6 −5 −5 −5 −5 −4 −3 −3 −4 −4 −3 −2 −1 −1 −1
Piercy −1 −2 −2 −2 −2 −2 −2 −2 −2 −2 −2 −3 −3 −3 −3 −2 −2 −1
García E E E −1 −2 −2 −1 −2 −2 −2 −2 −2 −3 −2 −1 E E E
Grace −1 −2 −1 −1 −1 −1 −1 −1 −1 −1 −1 −2 −2 −1 −1 E −1 E
Na +1 +1 +1 +1 E E +1 +1 +2 +2 +2 +1 +1 +1 +2 +2 +1 +1
Day +2 +1 +1 +1 +1 +1 +1 +1 +2 +2 +2 E −1 −1 −1 −1 +1 +2
Dufner +2 +1 +1 +1 +1 +1 +1 +1 +2 +2 +3 +2 +1 +2 +2 +2 +2 +2
Z. Johnson +2 +2 +3 +3 +2 +2 +2 +2 +2 +2 +4 +3 +3 +2 +2 +3 +3 +2
Summerhays −1 −1 −1 −1 −1 −1 E +1 +2 +3 +3 +2 +2 +2 +2 +3 +2 +2
Landry −2 −1 −1 E +2 +2 +3 +4 +4 +5 +5 +5 +5 +5 +5 +5 +5 +5
Westwood −2 −1 E +1 +3 +4 +5 +5 +6 +6 +6 +6 +6 +7 +8 +9 +8 +8
Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par
Double Eagle -->EagleBirdieBogeyDouble bogeyTriple bogey+ -->
Source:[17]

Controversy

During the final round of the tournament, there was a controversial incident on the fifth green that involved eventual winner Dustin Johnson. As he prepared to address the ball for a par putt, his ball moved slightly. Johnson stepped away, saying that he had not addressed the ball. After he spoke to an on-site rules official, he was told to carry on with his shot and sank the putt. Later, on the 12th tee, an official informed him that he might be penalized a stroke, but that no decision would be made until the round was complete.[18] The penalty was ultimately assessed against Johnson which still left him three strokes ahead of three second-place finishers. Several of the world's top golfers, such as Jordan Spieth, Rory McIlroy, and Rickie Fowler, as well as many viewers on their local Fox stations and spectators at the course, took to social media to criticize the USGA for its decision.[19]

Media

For the second year, Fox Sports televised the championship in the United States. The first two rounds were on FS1 cable and over-the-air on Fox, with the last two rounds shown only on Fox. In the United Kingdom and Ireland, it was carried by Sky Sports.

External links

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: USGA Championships . USGA . June 17, 2016.
  2. Web site: 2016 U.S. Open - hole statistics . https://web.archive.org/web/20160630214855/http://espn.go.com/golf/stats/hole/_/course/294/sort/holeNum . dead . June 30, 2016 . ESPN . June 19, 2016 . June 20, 2016.
  3. News: U.S. Open - course statistics . USGA . June 19, 2016 . June 20, 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160622154254/http://www.usopen.com/en_US/scoring/stats/summary.html . June 22, 2016 . dead . mdy-all .
  4. Web site: 116th U.S. Open Championship . United States Golf Association . March 14, 2016.
  5. News: Tiger Woods won't play U.S. Open . ESPN . June 7, 2016.
  6. News: Darren Clarke will sit out the US Open at Oakmont next week . Sky Sports . Mark . Crellin . June 9, 2016.
  7. USGA . 741002788969287680 . June 9, 2016 . Thongchai Jaidee and Darren Clarke have withdrawn from @usopengolf, and will be replaced by Thomas Aiken and Jeev Milkha Singh..
  8. News: Two-time champ Goosen gets U.S. Open exemption . Golf Channel . Will . Gray . May 17, 2016 . May 17, 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160519173624/http://www.golfchannel.com/news/golf-central-blog/two-time-champ-goosen-gets-us-open-exemption/ . May 19, 2016 . dead .
  9. Web site: 2016 U.S. Open Sectional Qualifying . USGA . June 7, 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160530114638/http://www.usopen.com/en_US/news/qualifying/sectional.html . May 30, 2016 . dead . mdy-all .
  10. Web site: Chuayprakong receives Woods' spot in U.S. Open. Golf Channel . Will . Gray . June 8, 2016.
  11. News: US Open 2016: weather-hampered day one – as it happened . June 16, 2016 . The Guardian . Gregg . Bakowski . June 17, 2016.
  12. News: US Open 2016: Thunderstorms delay round one at Oakmont . June 16, 2016 . BBC Sport . June 17, 2016.
  13. News: Rookie Andrew Landry leads soggy U.S. Open . USA Today . Steve . DiMeglio . June 16, 2016.
  14. News: US Open 2016: Dustin Johnson wins first major amid farcical finish at Oakmont . 19 June 2016 . BBC Sport . June 21, 2016.
  15. News: Dustin Johnson wins elusive first major at US Open on day of high farce . June 20, 2016 . The Guardian . June 21, 2016.
  16. News: Dustin Johnson wins U.S. Open despite unusual USGA call . June 20, 2016 . USA Today . June 21, 2016 . Steve . DiMeglio.
  17. Web site: U.S. Open leaderboard . ESPN . June 19, 2016 . June 20, 2016.
  18. News: US Open 2016: Dustin Johnson wins his first major after day of confusion . June 19, 2016 . Daily Telegraph . John . Huggan . June 21, 2016.
  19. News: Golf stars outraged over Dustin Johnson penalty controversy at U.S. Open . CBS News . June 19, 2016 . June 20, 2016.

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